Down in Splendour by Straitjacket Fits
The small city of Dunedin, in the south of New Zealand, produced a lot of great music in the 1980s…
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Hope the High Road by Jason Isbell
I’ve been very impressed by Jason Isbell’s last two albums; 2013’s Southeastern and 2015’s Something More Than Free. After sobering…
Halleluwah by Can
Germany’s Can were too ahead of their time, and too weird, to enjoy a hit record, but they were hugely…
A Rose Is Still A Rose by Aretha Franklin
For some reason I never found Aretha Franklin’s original studio albums in second-hand bins, and for years the only album…
Eleanor by Vigilantes of Love
Vigilantes of Love took their name from the New Order song ‘Love Vigilantes’. The band hailed from Athens, Georgia, a…
Pavement (by voting and webpoll)
I’ve been covering Pavement’s albums over the last week or so – revisiting their five albums has helped me to…
Trump and Climate
I know this is usually a music blog, and apologies to my regular readers for the change in topic today…
Male, Middle Class, and White
Right now, I have created 63 artist pages on this blog, and 59 of them are white. Two of the…
Inherently Sexy Barley Fields – Quotes By Sting
I’ve been covering Sting on this website this week: I generally find that his solo career is under-rated –…
Three Great Albums – Marquee Moon, Spilt Milk, and Southeastern
I’ve had a lot of time for writing recently; some leave and then a work trip with long haul flights and…
New Zealand Music Month
Each May is New Zealand Music Month. It’s a promotion that has outstayed its welcome, especially as New Zealand has…
A Duck in a Microwave – and other music jokes
Soul singer Bill Withers was one of the most universally loved performers of the rock era – does anyone not…
Van Morrison: Five Best Albums
The best albums from Van Morrison's catalogue.
Album Battle – Wilco vs Radiohead
A game I like to play on my cycle commute from work is figuring out the best band of each…
Site Updates: 500 Ratings and a New Domain
Aphoristic Album Reviews has had a couple of significant milestones this week. 500 Ratings I’ve been keeping a record of…
Rating The Beatles’ Albums
Obviously The Beatles are the most celebrated and analysed pop band in the history of music, and I don’t have…
